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13 All the buildings from this period have generally plastered facades of a dignified but most spartan impression, very char- achteristic for that impoverished time. Little by little Copenhagen devellops to its present size and aspect especially after the disappearing of the old ramparts and moats, which have lain round the town like a tight fitting belt; where they used to be, we now find the parks, that sep­ arate the suburbs from the old town, an arrangement that means very much in respect of sanitation. , Most of the public buildings from the middle and the close of the last century, as well as many of the dwellinghouses are built with motives from the italian renaissance, and the trade and industry increasing more and more we shall find the build­ ing materials of the houses finer and more sumptious than be­ fore; among fine buildings from this period called “The Italian Renaissance” I shall name “The Royal Theatre” by Dahlerup; “The National Bank” by Herholdt and “The Royal Society of Sience” by the architect Vilh. Petersen. By and by the motives and styles are mixed, quite naturally owing to the easy intercourse now a days between the different countries of Europe. As a prominent example from this transi­ tion period I shall direct your attention to our „New Townhall” built 1894— 1905 by Martin Nyrop, where the italian renais­ sance has met with motives from our own country. Since then the most up to date tendency is to awaken the interest in our old country seats and town buildings of the national material— the red brick—and to give the architecture of our modern buildings a national style of its own.—It goes without saying that I can not begin to point out to you any single example of ~ V